Predicted to enable hydrolase activity, acting on ester bonds. Predicted to be involved in lipid catabolic process. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Wolman disease; autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis 8; and cholesterol ester storage disease. Is an ortholog of several human genes including LIPA (lipase A, lysosomal acid type); LIPF (lipase F, gastric type); and LIPJ (lipase family member J).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.